Means for raising and lowering windows of cabs and other vehicles.



No. 824,731. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906. W. LOWE. MEANS FOR RAISING AND LOWERING WINDOWS OF OABS AND OTHER VEHICLES.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 16. 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

WILFRED LOl/VE, OF WEST KIRBY, ENGLAND.

MEANS FOR RAISING AND LOWERING WINDOWS OF CABS AND OTHER VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILFRED Lown, a subject of the King of England, residing at West Kirby, in the county of Chester, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in and Relating to Means for Raising and Lowering l/Vindows of Cabs and other Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object certain improvements in window-fastenings for cabs and other vehicles whereby the window may be raised to any height when the door is closed, but upon the door being opened it releases, by means as hereinafter described, the window, which thereupon instantly drops down the casement of the door, and it has special application and use in connection with landaus and such vehicles with hinged tops, in which the frame or ways for the window when closed is or are not connected with the door itself, in which case or application the difliculty hitherto existing of opening the door while the window is up is obviated.

The invention will be further described with the aid of the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating the interior of the door fastening or lock and the window and showing the invention applied to the doors of horse-vehicles, and more particularly to the type called landaus or the like, which have hinged tops. Fig. 2 is an end view showing the lock,

and Fig. 3 a view showing the lock or catch,

and mechanism viewed from the inside.

The same letters of reference are used to denote the same or corresponding parts wherever they occur in the drawings.

Referring now to the drawings, a represents the window-frame, having on its edges a serrated or toothed rack b.

0 generally represents the door fastener or lock, which comprises a bolt (1, the outer part of which engages in a recess in the carriageframe e, and this bolt is shot either in the one direction or the otherthat is, in or outb a ward f on the spindle 9, such spindle being operated either by an outside handle or an inside handle i. In connection with the part (1 there is a lever fulcrumed at and normally pressed outward toward the rack b by the spring 7' and the point j of this lever engages normally with this rack, and it is only when the bolt (Z is pulled back in turning the handle it or i for opening the door that the catch-lever is operated. In this act, however, the

ward f comes in contact with the lower end of the lever j just prior to acting on the bolt (1' and withdraws the catch-nose j from the rack b, whereupon the window a falls down into the frame of the door, and the bottom of this door may be provided with rubber or other spring studs at various points, which the lower sash-frame of the window will fall upon, and so prevent concussion. Thus if the window is up the door can be opened either from the outside or the inside, as in the opening action the window falling into the space within the door provided for it prior to the actual releasing of the lockebolt, and when once the window is down the door of course can be opened. Further, according to this invention the window is adapted to be lowered independently of the handles it or i by means of a small lever lc on the inside of the door-lock fulcrumed at k, and the lower end of which extends through into the lock and secured to the lever so that by moving this lever 76 in one direction or the other the engaging nose j of the lever 1' can be moved into or out of engagement with the rack 6. Thus the window can be worked and manipulated independently of the handles it or 11.

By this means breakages and damage to windows of carriages or vehicles of the kind referred to due to attempting to open the door when the window is up are obviated.

What is claimed is- 1. In a vehicle-door of the kind referred to, a window a, a lock 0 on the door, a catch i on the look, a spring j for normally keeping the catch in engagement with the window and a bolt (1 adapted to operate in connection with a part of the carriage in which the door works, whereby in the operation of opening the door,

the window is released, and automatically falls into the door; substantially as set forth.

2. In a vehicle-door of the kind referred to, a window a, a toothed rack 11 on its side edge, a catch j adapted to engage with the rack, a bolt 01 connected with the catch, and adapted to operate in connection with the vehicledoor frame, and a spring adapted to normally press the catch toward the rack b, and the bolt outward from the edge of the doorframe; substantially as set forth.

3. In a vehicle of the kind herein referred to, a lock 0 for fastening and releasing the door, having connected with it, a catch y' adapted to be operated by the lock and boltactuating means, a window a with a rack 19 on its edge, adapted to be engaged and released In testimony whereof I have signed my by the said catch 3' a spring j for normally name to this specification in the presence of 10 holding the catch in engagement with the two subscribing witnesses.

rack b and a supplementary actuating device 5 76, by which said catch can be operated, and WILFRED LOWE the window lowered from the inside of the ve- Witnesses: hicle; substantially as and for the purposes SOMERVILLE GOODALL,

set forth. WALTER HARRISON. 

